Top bike/walk transportation pros visiting Portland next week!

The Associationof Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals annual conference is going to take place in Portland next week which will bring together expert’s countries topmost leading experts on bicycling and walking planners. APBP delivers “expertise, information, and inspiration for their 1,200 members”. The sum up of 200 speakers across the nation will attend this annual conference which will also include 17 Portland Bureau of Transportation staffers. This conference is going to run for three days with a long list of events, such as keynotes, mobile tours, panels, and more. Amidst of the “Green Loop” edition of Sunday Parkways, this even will kick off on Sunday August 25^th by walking and biking tours. The topics that are going to be discussed in this five day event includes “racial equity, the psychology of cycling, to signal timing and the future of micro mobility”.

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More E-scooters Will Be Seen In Portland Than Before

Just announced by the Portland transportation agency that this year, in 2019 there will be a boost in the electric scooters on the streets. These e-scooters had a good run last year in downtown, and this time 655 additional scooters have been approved said the transportation agency. One of the biggest companies, Bird who had amazing last year in Portland has been authorized 525 more scooters for the city. The officials have already given heads up to the other two scooter giants – Bolt and Spin – the green light for the expansion. Agency said, the new addition of 655 to the fleet could be available to rent immediately, which would sum up the total to 2,630 electric scooters in Portland compared to 2,043 scooters in year 2018.

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Developing Transit is a Priority for Portland-area transportation

The top priority for the resident and public officials in Greater Portland is to spread the public transport, which could regulate local transportation financing and planning. To reach this goal, the Greater Portland Council of Governments -a local planning agency- has setup an online survey for the residents to take, which would help them in lay outing a better plan on how to better transit and sort out on the use of limited funding.

The transportation director Sara Zografos at the agency said that the council has reached out to more than 700 residents to short out cities transportation priorities.  The whole point was to analyze city’s 20-year transportation plan, which need the most attentions and the limited funding. The discoveries affirmed what the organization authorities as of now thought – mass transit, pedestrian and cycling upgrades, progressed intersections, street maintenance and way better land use planning risen as the best five priorities. “This highlights again that transit is really important to the region and we have to do some thoughtful planning and investment to make a priority what we are being told is a priority,” Zografos said.

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